It was the dead of night.

Li was full of fatigue, but he couldn't sleep.

Outside the window, there was an endless chirping of insects, smelling the warm air, looking numbly at the ceiling... From time to time he scratched his head a little irritated by the sound of insects, and from time to time he was rubbed by the dim incandescent light of his eyes, and he rolled restlessly a few times, and the hard iron bed creaked and shook uncooperatively.

"Or... I'm looking to see if there are any jobs where I can earn some money after work? A few dollars a day... Even if it's three or five yuan, it's more than a hundred a month. Kindergarten has the most tuition fees...."

Muttering, Li Jing thought of the high tuition and fees in the future, and said to himself with some weakness, "At most. A few hundred, right?"

I don't know if it was the old landlord's negligence or what, Li Jingjing suddenly remembered that he didn't mention the problem of water and electricity bills, which made him feel a little lucky—did he forget? If he forgot, he could save a few yuan!

The air fell silent again.

Cost of living.

Rent fee.

Tuition.

Plans to change a lot of rental houses... The idea of buying a few new clothes with spare money...

Li Jing suddenly found that he thought everything so simple - there was not enough money to spend.

He recalled what the short and fat manager Zeng Jianjiang said to himself the day before yesterday: "The employees in the factory can be covered." If you don't live there, you won't get a subsidy. He took Xiao Nan and refused the benefit on the spot. A hut with seven or eight big men huddled together, can you take a little girl to live?

It's impossible to assign yourself a separate room.

The rent must be paid correctly.

"Money..."

He sighed softly.

At this time, Xiao Nan suddenly rolled over her body, and Li Jing was startled, thinking that she had woken her up, and she was silent.

"Dad..."Xiao Nan opened his eyes in a daze, "It's a little uncomfortable..."

She whispered.

Li Jing was stunned for a moment, and then his face changed greatly, and he stretched out his hand to put it on Xiao Nan's forehead - there was no fever. I didn't sweat much... It's not like heat stroke or anything like that.

"What's wrong, Xiao Nan, what's uncomfortable?" asked Li Jinglian.

But ignoring Li Jingjing, Xiao Nan suddenly fell asleep again, breathing evenly, and leaned peacefully on the side of Li Jingjing's hand.

"Is it just a dream?" Li Jing looked dazed.

.....

Li got up quietly at 5 a.m.

Summer days always come early. At only five o'clock, there was already a touch of fish belly white in the slightly inconspicuous colorful clouds in the east. The dark clouds in the sky began to be shattered by the rising sun, the cool air was slowly dissolved into the heat, one door after another opened, and a new day began.

Yesterday's swollen arms and thighs almost couldn't get out of bed in today's sore Li Jing - when he opened his eyes and was about to roll over as before, he smashed back into bed. Li Jing almost thought that he had lost his hands and feet....

That smash woke Xiao Nan up, Li Jing didn't think it was a bad thing, after all, Xiao Nan's uncomfortable sentence last night scared him all night, and in the night dream, Xiao Nan was seriously ill, and he had no money for treatment... Scared. Hurriedly asked about the situation, and when Xiao Nan replied blankly, "It's not uncomfortable." Li Jingcai breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that it was a dream, right?

What is the most satisfying thing about Xiao Nan? Li Jing asked himself, and he thought that in addition to the love that was already hidden in his heart, it was Xiao Nan's well-behaved and sensible.

Today, as always, she moved a small stool, stood on it with her small body, and learned from Li Jing quietly to clean, wring out, and wipe her face with a small towel, and she could already wash herself. Maybe in a few years, she will be able to clean up with a broom...

I don't know if it's because I got up early today or because of a coincidence, Li Jingjing finally saw one of the two neighbors.

It's a girl with a long ponytail. The girl, who was in her twenties, came with toiletries, and she fluttered her eyes and nodded at him, which was a polite greeting. Seeing Xiao Nan standing on the stool with her feet on her feet, she smiled shyly.

"Sister Xiao Yang!" Xiao Nan shouted.

Hey, this little girl is so communicative! There are no neighbors she doesn't know!

The girl lowered her eyebrows and nodded. She stretched out her hand to touch Xiao Nan, but suddenly noticed Li Jingjing's gaze, her face turned red, and she retracted her hand embarrassedly.

This is a very shy little girl.

Wake up so early to go to work, right? What does she do?

The two didn't know each other, and the other party was shy, Li Jing didn't say much to make the two embarrassed greetings, and led Xiao Nan back.

It's time for him to buy breakfast for Xiao Nan and get ready for work. The 8 yuan for Xiao Nan's lunch today has not been handed over to the swarthy man and his wife....

8 bucks...

Li Jing sighed lightly, this is really a big number. Now he still regrets why he came back to eat the more than ten dollars lunch on the first day!

In fact, Li Jing has thought about it, although he has no wife and he doesn't know how to cook, he can try to do it and learn it. Last night, he went to buy soap and mosquito coils, walked around the supermarket, passed by the vegetable market, and how much did a pound of vegetables cost? A few cents! Li Jingjing rubbed his eyes, all in disbelief.

Miri?

Rice is a pound and a piece of nine!

A kilogram of pork is twelve dollars!

How long can they eat if they buy a pound each? The two of them have to spend more than 10 yuan a day eating outside! In contrast, Li Jingjing felt distressed for a while when he thought about it. If you don't eat outside, how much money can you save? Two months will definitely be able to exchange for Xiaonan's tuition, right?

At first thought, this is not practical for the time being.

There was no time to come back at noon. Leave work too late in the evening. Not to mention learning to cook, even if he can, how can he come back at noon to cook for Xiao Nan? The time to get off work at night is uncertain, is it difficult to let Xiao Nan wait until six or seven o'clock in the evening to accompany him to dinner?

"It would be nice if you lived next to the factory. So that the time can be planned.."

Li Jingjing believes that his plan must be implemented.

But you have to take your time and save some money for kitchen utensils first. —he thought so.

....

The sore legs and feet made Li Jingjing want to take a day off for a day off. It's not that he's lazy, he's purely afraid that his legs and feet won't be able to keep up with the speed of work today. Although you can take two days off a month, you have 30 yuan for full attendance, so is it not cost-effective to take more leave? Not only is it less than one day's salary, but it is not 30 yuan!

I had to come to the factory to change into factory clothes, and walked into the workshop that was noisy and noisy early in the morning.

At 7 o'clock, he was late for work and deducted his salary, how much Li Jingjing didn't ask, he arrived early and sat still. Now the wall clock on the wall of the workshop shows - 6:48 a.m., and there is 12 o'clock to roll call. However, many people came one after another. Four or five came from the group he belonged to.

The two people who helped him - Feng Qiong and the tall and thin man Li Zhenguo.

"It's so early. Feng Qiong smiled and moved a small stool to sit on one side.

"Wake up early," Lee replied quietly and friendly.

In terms of tuition, Li Jing didn't know where there was a primary school nearby, and he didn't know who understood, he planned it in the morning, and when he found an opportunity, he could ask Zeng Jianjiang, the short and fat manager, he looked at people very well, and he also had a family, so he must know the answer, or ask these two people who knew him.

"Feng Qiong... Can I ask you something?"

"What's the matter?" Compared to the awkward accent of the short and fat manager, Feng Qiong's fluent Mandarin made Li Jing listen very comfortably.

"Do you know how much a child learns in a year in kindergarten?" asked Li Jingjing.

"Do you have a wife and children?" Feng Qiong asked Li Jingjing rhetorically, very surprised.

Li Jing was stunned for a moment, and laughed dryly, which can be regarded as a tacit acquiescence, there is no wife, and there are children. She wasn't wrong.

"I don't know. Feng Qiong smiled and shook her head.

"In terms of tuition, kindergarten books cost twenty per semester. The cost of books is not expensive, but the others are expensive. The childcare fee is seventy a month, which is the fee charged by public schools. Private ones are expensive, hundreds of yuan a month! As for the food money, there is also a lot of money, most of them are two yuan a day, and they are collected monthly. ”

Li Zhenguo, who was on the side, suddenly spoke. He later added, "My son goes to school in the county, and he spends about 100 yuan a month. Speaking of this, he sighed lightly with a sad face, and looked at Li Jingjing, "Alas, now that children go to school, it costs a lot of money..."